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Total Calories versus Net Calories
Okay, so at the moment, my daily allowance is 1340. I normally burn between 400 and 700 at the gym each time, and I go basically every day. Now, I'm a little confused on this part... should I keep my total calories at 1340 or under, or my net calories at 1340 or under?
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more support!
hey, so i have a few people on my friends list who actually support me, but now that I'm back at school and it's a lot harder to fit in my exercise and eat right, I really need a little encouragement because I already feel myself falling back into my old ways of using my walks around campus as my main form of exercise...…
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Pedometer ... worth it?
Hey everyone! So, I go to school at a huge university (takes 40ish minutes from one corner to the other) and was wondering if getting a pedometer would be worth it? Like, I can't exercise as much as I did during the summer because of my crazy class/work schedule, but would it make sense getting a pedometer? And if so,…
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Workout Schedule for Fall Semester
Okay, so on the way to work this morning I was thinking about how I can schedule my workouts so I'm still burning all those calories and toning myself and whatever else while not going crazy by overloading my schedule for the fall ( 17 credits, TA position, night job, freshmen mentor, eboard memeber for student run coffee…
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help! unintentionally starving myself...
So I've noticed that my actual calories that I eat are like sometimes under 1200 and I'll be full and I'm getting scared. It also means most of the time my net calories are below 1000... i don't mean to starve myself and I know it's hurting my body but I'm just not like, wicked hungry nowadays. How do I get my calories up…
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Good DVDs for sculpting/toning
So I want to start toning my body and not doing as much cardio because what I've found is with my regular cardio and my diet along with strength training 3 times a week I'm losing weight quick but I want to tone up more! what do you suggest?
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20 year old looking to lose! - not new!
I'm not new at all! In fact today is my 50th day on this site xD but I need more friends who are around my age and who are looking to lose like, 10-20 pounds. I'm in basically the homestretch of my journey and I need people who are in the same boat as me!
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NEED - Vanilla cupcake recipe
Okay, so Saturday is my brother's graduation party and I want to make vanilla cupcakes with a buttercream frosting. I've already found a frosting recipe that I like and that isn't too bad on calories, but I need a good vanilla cupake one that is sweet, not wicked bad for you and that everyone will like. I need to make like…
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Vege BBQ Options!!
So we're bbqing tonight and I don't want to eat steak or beef burgers or anything, so, what do you recommend I eat? Like, do any vegheads out there (not making fun, I just call it that) have any suggestions for any brands for veg burgers or pups or anything?
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Workout DVDs for Apartment-like living
I'm going to be moving back into the dorms this fall and I want to know what kind of DVDs are good for living on the third floor of a building. I don't want to be jumping up and down all the time because then the people who live below me are going to hate me, but I still want at least one, maybe two DVDs I can do in my…
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"Rest" Day Exercise
Alright, so I've basically made Sunday's my "rest" day where I don't do anything too strenuous and give my body a chance to relax. But at the same time, I don't want to just sit around all day, so what are some low impact exercises I could do on my rest day that won't throw me off track by too much, but will give me a…
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Good Workout DVDs?
I need to change up my workouts so my body doesn't get used to the same thing. Currently i only really do cardio and some strength training at the gym, but i want to add some videos in there somewhere. What are some of your favorite videos/trainers, etc..
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new and looking for friends!
hey everyone! so, I'm relatively new to mfp... I started on Monday and so far have been liking it. I'm getting so excited over it all and I think my friends are starting to get annoyed because I'm so talkative about it and what not, but I can't help it. I feel so good about myself. So I was wondering if anyone here would…
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Is it okay to take a day off from exercise
I worked out Monday through Saturday and was wondering if it was okay to take Sunday's off to relax and not be as on point with my calories, or should I treat today as any other day and do some sort of exercise and be on point with my calories?
